Lord Lieutenant of Bristol

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Lord-Lieutenant of Bristol
IncumbentPeaches Golding
Preceded byMary Prior

This is a list of Lord-Lieutenants of the County and City of Bristol .

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The position of Lord-Lieutenant of Bristol was created on 1 April 1996, when the county of Avon was abolished. Before then, the city was part of the Avon lieutenancy between 1974 and 1996, and before that it was part of the Gloucestershire lieutenancy, with the exception of a period from 1660 to 1672, when it was part of the Somerset lieutenancy.

Lord-Lieutenants of Bristol to 1974

Lord-Lieutenants of Bristol from 1996

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References

  1. London Gazette, issue no.54363, 4 April 1996
  2. London Gazette, issue no.58455, 24 September 2007
  3. "Peaches Golding appointed first black female Lord Lieutenant for Bristol". BBC News. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  4. London Gazette, issue no.61914, 27 April 2017